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[Mol_PMB]

I remember the section of a 150 that could be locked off from the rest, but never saw it in use for mails as shown here:

This seems almost as much of an anachronism as the horse tram above!

[DavidLong]

12 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Fintona Tramway, NI 1954

 

 

 

The 'motive power' was always called 'Dick', even if it was a mare . . .

 

David

[russ p]

12 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

I remember the section of a 150 that could be locked off from the rest, but never saw it in use for mails as shown here:

This seems almost as much of an anachronism as the horse tram above!

 

I remember it been loaded into 142/3s with the then smoking component been locked out behind the driver and mail loaded

[montyburns56]

DN&GR GNRI JT approaching Dundalk 1940

 

 

[montyburns56]

Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961 at Braintree 1959

 

 

[KeithHC]

14 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961 at Braintree 1959

 

 

Ah half of a prototype sprinter……….

 

Keith

[LNERGE]

I remember seeing this a few times on my way into London chasing around after Deltics…

 

[Poor Old Bruce]

On 08/02/2022 at 23:04, Andy Kirkham said:

 

 

That looks like the Kings Cross to York excursion in 1964 which was advertised a Duchess. Alas some bean-counter on the LMR decided that the Duchesses would be withdrawn en masse. The first that most railtour participents (like me!) knew about it was when a BR Standard tender emerged out of Gas Works Tunnel. It would have made a nice swansong if a Duchess could have been let loose down Stoke Bank on the return journey.

[montyburns56]

Ironbridge Power Station 1968 by Geoff Dowling

 

 

[Ramblin Rich]

9 hours ago, KeithHC said:

Ah half of a prototype sprinter……….

 

Keith

Prototype Pacer, surely?

Always thought these looked so much more likely to survive in an 'incident' than the AC & Park Royal types. Mainly due to the German bridge girder underframe

[Ramblin Rich]

6 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Ironbridge Power Station 1968 by Geoff Dowling

 

 

My first thought was that this was the CEGB equivalent  of the RAF 'Gate Guardian' - then read the caption which said the same!

[montyburns56]

Heads Nook Station

 

 

[hmrspaul]

On 15/02/2022 at 18:37, montyburns56 said:

Ironbridge Power Station 1968 by Geoff Dowling

 

 

These went on to TOPS with renumbering and survived until the early 1980s https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/cegbtippler

 

Paul

[Nearholmer]

We’re they purely ‘internal user’, or did they run over BR too? If the latter, I’m surprised they haven’t been the subject of a r-t-r model, or maybe they have, and I didn’t notice.

[Fat Controller]

1 hour ago, Nearholmer said:

We’re they purely ‘internal user’, or did they run over BR too? If the latter, I’m surprised they haven’t been the subject of a r-t-r model, or maybe they have, and I didn’t notice.

They ran on BR, not just around Buildwas, but between some North Staffs pits (Florence, Hem Heath and Chatterley-Whitfield) and Meaford power-station, near Stone. I think they ran until the miner's strike of the 1980s.

 

[jimwal]

1 hour ago, Nearholmer said:

We’re they purely ‘internal user’, or did they run over BR too? If the latter, I’m surprised they haven’t been the subject of a r-t-r model, or maybe they have, and I didn’t notice.

The wagons are not available RTR but I've a feeling the livery may have been used on the 'redemption hire' side-and-end door 20t vehicles available from Dapol and Hornby. These originally were a product of Airfix/GMR.

[hmrspaul]

14 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

We’re they purely ‘internal user’, or did they run over BR too? If the latter, I’m surprised they haven’t been the subject of a r-t-r model, or maybe they have, and I didn’t notice.

All my photos are on the mainline, or required mainline access (the ones in Stoke Wagon Works). All very clear on the photos. 

 

I agree would make a good RTR - but there are two distinctive builds. 

 

Paul

 

[montyburns56]

Class 504 M77159M - Bury Electric Depot 1978 by Maryn Hilbert

 

 

[PerthBox]

On 14/02/2022 at 18:41, montyburns56 said:

Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961 at Braintree 1959

 

 

Is that a TV aerial on the station building? Seems odd to have one there in 1959

[Nearholmer]

Maybe the resident was an early-adopter.

 

Easy to overlook how many railway employees lived in “tied houses” until as recently as the 1970s.

[stewartingram]

Is that H-ae on the stationmaster's(?) house next door?

[montyburns56]

Chappel & Wakes Colne 1973 by blue-pelican railway

 

 

[iands]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

Chappel & Wakes Colne 1973 by blue-pelican railway

 

 

No "step-free access" back then!

[Andy Kirkham]

Shrewsbury in the days when it had an overall roof.

 

 

[montyburns56]

Deepdale Mill Street, Preston 1986 by Martyn Gilbert